Drummond class corvette

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ARA Granville (P-33) corvette
Class overview
Builders: n/a
Operators: Naval flag of Argentina Argentine Navy
Subclasses: Drummond
In service: 1978
Completed: 3
Active: ARA Drummond
ARA Guerrico
ARA Granville
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,170 tons
Length: 80 m
Beam: 10.3 m
Draught: 3.55 m
Propulsion: 2 Diesel engines
12,000 shp
2 shafts/propellers
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 95
Armament: 4 Exocet anti-ship missiles
1 100 mm dual purpose gun
4 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
2 .50cal machine guns
2 .20 mm automatic guns
6 324 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: ? helicopter

The Drummond (A-69) is a class of 3 corvettes designed and built in France for the French Navy. The ships were all commissioned between 1978 and 1982 in the Argentine Navy

The ships currently serve in the High Seas Fleet (“Flota de Mar”) of the Argentine Navy, based on Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, close to the city of Bahia Blanca, province of Buenos aires, Argentina.

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[edit] Specification

  • Displacement: n/a tons (empty); 1,170  tons (full load)
  • Length: n/a ft (80 m)
  • Beam: n/a ft (10.3 m)
  • Draught: n/a ft (3.55 m)
  • Propulsion:
    • 2 shafts / propellers
    • 2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PC2.2 V 400 diesel engines, 12.000 shp tot.
    • Max shaft horsepower: n/a shp max
  • Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
  • Range: 4,500  nautical miles at 16 knots (30 km/h)
  • Armament
  • Aircraft: None
  • Complement: 95
  • Radar:
    • Air/Surface Search: Signaal DA08 (equipped with IFF).
    • Surface Search & helicopter control: Signaal ZW06.
    • Fire Control: Signaal STIR
    • Navigation: Decca TM 1226
  • Sonar: =Thomson Sintra Diodon
  • Electronic Warfare:
    • Decoys: (no details available)
  • Datalink: (no details available)
  • Weapons Control System: Thomson-CSF System Vega, CSEE Panda MK2 director (optical), NASA director (optronic, for the 40 mm gun).
  • Concept/Program: French designed and built general purpose avisos (classified as “corvettes” by the Argentine navy).
  • Builder: n/a shipyard, Lorient, France.
  • Designer: n/a, France.
  • Design: A69 type.

[edit] Ships in the class

  • ARA Drummond
  • ARA Guerrico
  • ARA Granville

[edit] Variants

One vessel of the A-69 variant was originally built for South Africa, the rest was constructed for France. The three are locally named the Drummond class, and currently serve in the High Seas Fleet (“Flota de Mar”) of the Argentine Navy.

Although considered by its designers to be avisos, the Drummond class vessels have been classed in Argentina as corvettes.

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